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9781583220320

The Fat Man from La Paz Contemporary Fiction from Bolivia

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  • ISBN13:

    9781583220320

  • ISBN10:

    1583220321

  • Format: Paperback
  • Copyright: 2000-09-05
  • Publisher: Seven Stories Press
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Summary

The most comprehensive collection of modern Bolivian literature yet published in English.

Author Biography

Born in La Paz, Bolivia, ROSARIO SANTOS directs Fulbright Programs for Latin America for the Institute of International Education. She has been the managing editor of the literary journal, Review, Latin American Art and Literature, and the director of the literature program of the Center for Inter-American Relations. She lives in New York City.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 11(2)
Editor's Preface 13(4)
Introduction 17(16)
Javier Sanjines
The Day of Atonement
33(6)
Giovanna Rivero Santa Cruz
Buttons
39(8)
Claudia Adriazola
Dochera
47(18)
Edmundo Paz-Soldan
Celebration
65(14)
Giancarla de Quiroga
The Pianist
79(6)
Ximena Arnal Franck
The Fat Man from La Paz
85(18)
Gonzalo Lema
Sisterhood
103(4)
Virginia Ayllon
The Creation
107(10)
Homero Carvalho
Sacraments by the Hour
117(4)
Blanca Elena Paz
The One with the Horse
121(12)
Manuel Vargas
Angela from Her Own Darkness
133(8)
Rene Bascope
The Window
141(8)
Alfonso Gumucio Dragon
Hedge-hopping
149(14)
Raul Teixido
To Die in Oblivion
163(12)
Cesar Verduguez
Ambush
175(10)
Adolfo Caceres Romero
The Other Gamecock
185(50)
Jorge Suarez
The Cannon of Punta Grande
235(18)
Nestor Taboada Teran
The Indian Paulino
253(14)
Ricardo Ocampo
The Spider
267(6)
Oscar Cerruto
The Well
273(22)
Augusto Cespedes
Credits 295(6)
Authors' And Translators' Biographies 301(14)
About The Editor 315

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